Thanks for this, Noel.
As Max stated in an earlier post, it is astounding to see all of the changes in coaching and player personnel.
This will be an interesting and unpredictable season.
Of interest (possibly only to me):
Cousins and Wilson are two NFL players who have been excellent businessmen, in the sense that they have fully leveraged their situations to their own maximum financial advantage.
How many NFL owners got rich by doing exactly that same thing?
Could be.
There were rumors that the Broncos pressured Wilson to make changes to his contract, and Russ refused. If that's true, I don't blame Wilson for telling the team, "Uhhhh... no."
Say what you will about Wilson's performance as a Bronco, but it doesn't take away from the fact that he's...
But if you get Russell Wilson at a bargain (to say the least) rate, there's nothing to prevent you from drafting your young QB as well... and maybe have cap space to get some key free agents.
This is a knee-jerk reaction on my part, but...
... Russell Wilson at a huge discount (because Denver is stuck with the rest of the tab)?
Sign me up.
I know, I know... he looked like a broken-down version of his former self in Denver. And yet, to me he looked a lot less broken-down than...
Playing NFL football is a physically demanding, sometimes brutally punishing job. Injuries are commonplace, to say the least. Competition for starting jobs, and even roster spots, is quite fierce. Against this backdrop the league issues edicts that punish players who choose to take drugs that...
I don't see any need for excuses or apologies.
Fleck just had a 6-7 season. This after going 9-4 in each of the previous two, plus 11-2 and a Top 10 ranking in 2019.
That's good enough to require no excuses, in my view. One season under .500 really isn't the end of the world.
However it...